Patrick Gilmore (1829 - 1892)
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Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore (25 December 1829 ? 24 September 1892) was an Irish-born composer and bandmaster who lived and worked in the United States after 1848. Whilst serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, Gilmore wrote the lyrics to the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", the tune he took from an old Irish antiwar folk song, "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye". This was published under the name Louis Lambert. Gilmore was born in Ballygar, Co Galway on Christmas Day in 1829. Already a fine c ... (lire la suite)
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